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GETTYSBURG >> Pennsylvania State Police are warning the public about a scam in which a telephone caller assumes an identity and persuades individuals to send money using Money-Pak cards.

An incident reportedly happened at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at 7-11 at 110 S. Main St., Biglerville. According to state police in Gettysburg, someone claiming to be from the 7-11 corporate office called a local store and told the clerk that transactions were not processing. The caller instructed the clerk to buy four Money-Pak cards, worth $2,476.56.

A MONEY-PAK security operator informed the store of the scam.

According to police, the scam has been ongoing. Victims receive a call from an unknown number and are told to buy Money-Pak cards for various reasons, such as to pay for a relative's bail, for transaction clarification, or to help a relative get home. The callers know personal information about the victim.

Anyone with information may call state police in Gettysburg at 334-8111.

(Incident no. H06-2294376)

Chambersburg

HARASSMENT >> Chambersburg Police charged a juvenile with harassment after she reportedly hit a family member in the face on Monday at 1247 Scotland Ave., according to police.

THEFT >> Someone stole a Troy-Bilt weed eater from the backyard of 452 Paul Ave., on Tuesday, according to Chambersburg Police.

(Incident no. C2014-04728)

HIT AND RUN >> Chambersburg Police said they are investigating a hit and run that happened about 4:50 p.m. Tuesday at Orchard Drive and Wayne Avenue.

Police said a navy blue Chevrolet Blazer reportedly left the Sheetz parking lot and struck a green Honda Accord that was stopped at the red light on Orchard Drive.

DUI >> Chambersburg Police arrested Mari Jane Ebersole, 44, Chambersburg, for allegedly driving under the influence in the area of 148 E. Queen St. at 4:16 p.m. Sunday.

(Incident no. C2014-04651)

BURGLARY >> Someone broke into the residence at 213 S. Main St., Apt. B, between 8 and 11 p.m. Sunday and stole a 70-inch LG flat screen TV, $200 in cash and a pogo stick, according to Chambersburg Police.

(Incident no. C2014-04666)

THEFT >> Jeane Marie Debello, 52, Chambersburg, was reportedly seen leaving Kohl's, 955 Norland Ave., with merchandise she did not pay for at 11:20 a.m. Thursday, according to Chambersburg Police.

(Incident no. C2014-04808)

Guilford Township

THEFT >> A black Nine West wallet was stolen from a 26-year-old woman at Wal-Mart, 1730 Lincoln Way East, between 7 and 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg. It is believed that someone took the wallet from her cart, police said.

(Incident no. H03-2294491)

THEFT>> Ashley Renee Mason, 20, Chambersburg, is accused of stealing make-up from Wal-Mart, 1730 Lincoln Way East, on Wednesday evening, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg.

The younger Deneen reportedly told police he hit the elder Deneen in self defense because he was reaching for a knife, police said. Surveillance video revealed that the victim did not reach for a knife and the punch was not in self defense, police said.

(Incident no. G05-1363561)

HIT AND RUN >> Lisa M. Carroll, 39, Knoxville, Md., allegedly left the scene after backing into another vehicle at Sheetz, 720 Lincoln Way East in Todd Township, at 8:40 p.m. Monday, according to Pennsylvania State Police, McConnellsburg.

Carroll was attempting to back up her vehicle and an attached trailer from a gas stall, when she reportedly hit a Chevrolet Cavalier behind her, causing minor damage to the rear bumper of the car. Carroll then reportedly drove away, police said. Police identified her after watching surveillance video.

(Incident no. G05-1364248)

Adams County

CRASH >> Alvin L. Spangler, 78, Littlestown, allegedly failed to stop and rear-ended a vehicle being driven by Stevi M. Wantz, 20, Dover, as Wantz was attempting to turn left off Hanover Pike into a parking lot in the area of Mummert Drive at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday in Union Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Gettysburg.

MISCHIEF >> A 55-year-old Gettysburg woman told Pennsylvania State Police, Gettysburg, that someone dented and scratched her vehicle while it was in the 300 block of Barlow Two Taverns Road, Gettysburg, between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

(Incident no. H06-2294554)

MISCHIEF >> Someone spray painted a barn in the 600 block of Mathias Road, Littlestown, between noon and 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Gettysburg.

An individual hit another person in the face, causing a bloody lip. At the time, the victim was standing outside of a vehicle while the other person was inside the vehicle, according to police. When the vehicle drove away, the person who was hit picked up rocks and threw them at the vehicle. Police did not name those involved.

(Incident no. H06-2294017)

BAD CHECKS >> Henry Stanley Jr., Camp Hill, allegedly wrote a bad check for $6,000 on April 15 to an 80-year-old man who had lent him money to buy materials for a business, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Gettysburg.

(Incident no. H06-2289220)

DUI >> Pennsylvania State Police, Gettysburg, said they arrested Joseph Maust, 60, Gettysburg, for driving under the influence at 12:36 a.m. Wednesday on Old Carlisle Road, Butler Township.

(Incident no. H06-2294455)

Cumberland County

THEFT >> Abigail Elaine Shughart, 18, South Middleton Township, allegedly tried to steal two pairs of shoes, a pair of flip-flops, one ring and one necklace worth $154.98, from Kohl's at 226 Westminster Drive, Carlisle, at 5:37 p.m. Wednesday, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Carlisle.

(Incident no. H02-2294513)

DUI >> A 27-year-old man was arrested for driving under the influence at York Road and Mayapple Drive in South Middleton Township at 11:41 p.m. Saturday.

THEFT >> In February, Patricia McCann, 60, Newville, mailed goods to another person as they had agreed, but she never received the agreed upon payment, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Carlisle.